It's hard to say what it means anymore. Roku totally screwed it up with the 10.5 update. It used to be on normally and off when the screensaver activates. Mine now will go off and never come on again. There's a new "power saving" option under Settings->System->Power that also has something to do with the light, but as far as I can tell the light has become meaningless.
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